Venting, advice welcome.

SilverLining1

I am in my third year at my university, but I am technically a sophomore. I'm about one credit below junior standing, thanks to a few crappy experiences with professors my first semester. Enrollment dates are assigned based on your class, and sophomores and freshmen have the same enrollment period. This is all fine, except that my enrollment date is the last effing day of enrollment. In order to graduate on time, I have to take 18 or 19 credits for the next three semesters. I am so pissed that I am in my third year here and I literally get to register for classes last. I plan on talking to my advisor about it, but I am so furious. If I can't take my required classes because freshmen have filled all of them up, I'll flip. Any advice? I should probably calm down before trying to do anything about it.

swhite2012

Sorry. The best I can do is to tell you to talk to your advisor or to try and take summer classes if you can't get what you need. 

That seems like a crappy way to do registration. At my school they do it by credits, not class standing.

elannis

I had a very similar situation. My advisor signed me up for less credits than was needed to move from freshman to sophomore, so for the next 3 years I was behind in scheduling and couldn't get into the classes I needed. Sometimes you can talk to professors and explain what is going on and they'll let you in. I had my advisor write a letter to the professors for the classes that I needed to get into, but she seemed to think I wasn't worthy of my desired degree at the time, so I don't think she tried very hard. I'd take it into your own hands and talk to the professors... and go up to the Dean if need be.

loves2shop4shoes

Before you do anything, I'd stop playing the "I'm a victim and I've been wronged" card.  That might get you further when you talk to your advisor.

SilverLining1

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_not-engaged-yet_venting-advice-welcome?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:136Discussion:63b193ae-653c-4760-9f9b-992108c6af9ePost:db1f661b-4036-4dfd-86b4-fbc6a93a0e02">Re: Venting, advice welcome.</a>:
[QUOTE]Before you do anything, I'd stop playing the "I'm a victim and I've been wronged" card.  That might get you further when you talk to your advisor.
Posted by loves2shop4shoes[/QUOTE]

<div>I don't think I'm doing that at all. That's why I included the information about how enrollment dates are assigned, as well as why I said that I should calm down before trying to do anything about it. I also clearly stated that I was venting, so of course I'm going to be mad and have a little fit about it. That's how venting works. I don't expect that "complaining" will get me anywhere, but it will help me calm down.</div>

SilverLining1

Elannis, I'll probably do that. The professor who is the head of my major controls pretty much all of those classes, and he's surprisingly accommodating. Thanks for the advice

aglardulin

At my University, you could usually wheedle your way into classes by just showing up on the first day. There are usually some people who drop out anyway, and even if not, Professors are much less likely to say no to an actual person than an email
I showed up to classes that I couldn't register for with enrollment slip in hand and got in a couple of times.
I don't know how it works at your university, but maybe worth a try?